Melanin's POV
I was seated in the kitchen, helping Lali prepare lunch, when her husband rushed in. "Is everything okay?" Lali asked, but he shook his head and looked in my direction. "They are searching for you, Melanin. They are entering homes, looking for you," he announced, causing me to stand up in a panic.
"They?" I asked, panicking, and he nodded. "So many men arrived in town a few minutes ago, and they are searching every home for a certain girl. From the description, I believe it's you," he said, and fear gripped me.
If this was true, it meant that the king had been notified of my disappearance. But he wouldn't send men to look for me unless… unless he remembered something from that night.
"What are you going to do?" Lali asked, and just as I was about to respond, I heard heavy
